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My name is Jack, and today I have another episode of this day in world history for December 22 on December 22, 1807, the Embargo act, which aimed to force Britain and France to respect american trading rights during the Napoleonic wars, was signed into law by US President Thomas Jefferson.
On December 22, 1851.
The first YMCA in North America was established in Montreal, Canada.
On December 22, 1885.
Ito Hirobumi, a japanese statesman, became the first prime minister of Japan.
On December 22, 1942, World War two, the siege of Bastogne began during the Battle of the Bulge in Belgium.
On December 22, 1989, Berlin's Brandenburg Gate, a symbol of the division between east and West Germany, was reopened after nearly 30 years.
On December 22, 2001, Richard Reed attempted to detonate explosives in his shoes on American Airlines Flight 63, but was subdued by passengers and flight attendants.
On December 22, 2001, Hamid Karzai was sworn in as the interim leader of Afghanistan, making the official transition to a new government after the fall of the Taliban.
And on December 22, 2008, an ash dike ruptured at a solid waste containment area in Kingston, Tennessee, releasing 5.4 million cubic yards of coal fly ash slurry.
It was one of the largest environmental disasters of its kind in the United States, and these are just a few events that have occurred throughout history.
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